Nam-Il Park, Neha Samir Roy, Yeri Park, Beom-Soon Choi, Mi Jin Jeon, Ji Yeon Oh, Bo-Yun Kim, Young-Dong Kim, Yong-In Kim, Taeyoung Um, Hwan Jong Kwak, Nam-Soo Kim, Soonok Kim, Ik-Young Choi
Caulophyllum robustum , commonly named Asian blue cohosh, is a perennial herb in the family Berberidaceae. It has traditionally been used for folk medicine in China. We isolated berberine from the leaves, stem, roots, and fruits of C. robustum , and this is the first report on berberine in this species. Transcriptome analysis was conducted for the characterization of berberine biosynthesis genes in C. robustum , in which, all the genes for berberine biosynthesis were identified. From 40,094 transcripts, using gene ontology (GO) analysis, 26,750 transcripts were assigned their functions in the categories of biological process, molecular function, and cellular component...
March 28, 2023: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)